Movie Review - " The Killing Fields"

The Killing Field

The movie killing field is based on domestic war of Cambodian in year 1973 after Vietnam War. Cambodians national army fought against communist khmer Rouge. The main character of the movie is Dith Pran a Cambodian journalist and interpreter of New yorks Times reporter Sydney Schanberg. The story starts with the arrival of Sydney Schenberg at Cambodian. He expected Pran at airport to receive him. He moved to hotel by cab. Later on when Pran met him he explained him the situation of the town. At that time town targeted by a US bomb accidentally. Both Pran and Sydney try to go the place . They found barrer of transportation. Pran able to manage police boat to go there. When they arrived there they found hundreds of dead and wounded people. They arrested by Cambodian army because they took photograph of the execution of 2 people. They released eventually.

Then the story moves 1975. All foreign diplomats was moving and closed their operation. Pran and his family got opportunity to move secure place. Pran stay in the battle field by himself. Khmer entered in to city under a banner of piece.Pran is turned over to the Khmer Rouge and is forced to live under the oppressive KR regime.

After returning New york Schenberg got recognition for his work.He gave half of these credit to Pran and start campaigning to find him.

Pran assigned under Phatt who was in charge of prison compound. Prans duty was to take care of his little son. Phatt begin to trust pran and told him to take care of his son if he died. Before his death he send a map and some American dollar to Pran as they can escape. At the time of escaping unfortunately Phatts son died by an mine explotion. Pran reached at the Thailand's border ans saw red cross camp.

Soon Schenberg arrived there and met Pran.

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